Install WebTorrent Desktop on Armbian (OrangePi Plus2 / RaspberryPi 3)

Attempts at compiling WebTorrent from source to make it work on Armbian armhf architecture, i.e. ARM chips based hardware, for example the Raspberry Pi 2/3.

tl;dr: don’t bother, my ARM hardware isn’t powerful enough for Electronjs which WebTorrent is built with.

The Plan

• Install Nodejs, because WebTorrent is built with Nodejs and JavaScript
• Clone the WebTorrent repo and install the node modules – STUCK HERE –
• Run the app to make sure it works on armhf architecture
• Package the app as a Linux app
• Build from source

ABORTED

• Because the npm install was stuck
• Because the prerequisites for Electron (which WebTorrent runs on) are a minimum of 25GB of disk space and 8GB of RAM. Both of which i don’t have with OrangePi or RaspberryPi or any other ARM hardware. Meh.

Links

• WebTorrent
• Github: WebTorrent Desktop
• Electron Documentation: Build Instructions (Linux)